Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 633 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“death”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
एकादशी · noun · feminine
प्रत्येक चांद्र मास के शुक्ल और कृष्ण पक्ष की ग्यारहवीं तिथि — Śabdasāgara
एकादशी · ekādaśī · s.f.
The eleventh day of a lunar fortnight — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 114
Cited formation "एकादशी" is एकादश + -ई: एकादश means "Eleven ( = iggyārah)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "एकादशी" is एकादश + -ई: एकादश means "Eleven ( = iggyārah)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "एकादशी" is एकादश + -ई: एकादश means "Eleven ( = iggyārah)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the eleventh day of a fortnight (on which fasting is considered an indispensable observance and very efficacious), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ekādaśī" is the nominative of "ekādaśin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "ekādaśī" is the feminine form of "ekādaśa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
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Dictionary citations
ekādaśī (ī), f. the eleventh day of a fortnight (on which fasting is considered an indispensable observance and very efficacious), MBh.; Kathās. &c.
presentation of offerings to Pitṛs or deceased ancestors on the eleventh day after their death (on which occasion Brāhmans are fed, and the period of impurity for a Brāhman terminates)
ekādaśin mfn. consisting of eleven
ekādaśin a. Consisting of eleven.
1. ekādaśa mf(ī)n. the eleventh, RV. x, 85, 45; ŚBr.; Mn. &c.
([v]ṛṣabhaikādaśā gāvas, ‘cows that have a bull as the eleventh’ i.e. ten cows and one bull, Gaut.; Mn. &c.)
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